Chapter 5
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"So, have you found a date for the ball yet?" A young Remus Lupin asked, sitting down next to his three friends at the Gryffindor table.
"Lily Evans." James grinned broadly, taking the newspaper out of Peter's hands.
"Of course." Remus sighed.
"How much are you paying her?" Sirius asked jokingly while spreading some jam onto his toast.
"Very funny Padfoot. Who do you intend on taking?"
"The unattainable Slytherin." He said smugly.
"Malfoy? If that's your thing…" James began to say.
"You're humor is just sprouting this year. I'm planning on asking Alexandra Grant." Sirius said brightly. The only response to this was laughter.
"You're serious?" James asked falling into another fit of laughter.
"Maybe you should go lay down for a bit, at least until this thought passes." Remus suggested between laughs.
"Why? She's a pureblood, I'm a pureblood."
"She's in Slytherin, you're in Gryffindor." Remus added.
"She's attractive, I'm attractive."
"Here's my favorite; she hates you, you are oblivious to it." James said starting to laugh again.
"Look, she's leaving alone, might as well be sitting on a silver platter." Sirius said with a cocky laugh. He stood up and strode over to the doors.
"Okay, place your bets, how long before…" James was cut off by an echoing slapping noise followed by an anguished male cry. "A new record!" James smiled, running towards the doors that Sirius had walked out of a few moments before. An eager Lupin and slightly queasy looking Pettigrew followed him.
There in the hallway they found Sirius, his long curly hair had disappeared and in the short stubble that remained the words "Big Prat" had been shaved. Also his feet had some how been fused together and forced him to jump so that he could move.
"You bloody witch!" He shouted at a very amused looking Alex, who was leaning against the wall with her arms crossed. "How dare you!" He tried to be heard over the roars of laughter emitting from their classmates.
He quickly fumbled, trying to get his wand from his robe pockets. "Oh, no you don't! Expelliarmus!" Came Snape's voice from behind Alex. He had just come through the main doors when he saw Sirius trying to pull a wand on Alex.
"Snivellus finally grew a back bone!" James mocked, drawing his own wand and pointing it towards Snape.
"That is quite enough!" Came the booming voice of Albus Dumbledore. "Miss Grant, if you would please undo Mr. Black's confinement."
"Yes sir." She sighed, pointing her wand at him and loosening his legs.
"Thank you, now to my office please." Dumbledore said ushering Alex, Snape, James, and Sirius up to the staircase. "The rest of you back to what you were doing."
"Thanks for your help." Alex whispered as they walked behind Sirius and James.
"So, what was that you said? She's a pureblood, I'm a pureblood?" James laughed.
"Oh, shut up." Sirius grimaced, stealing a glance behind them to see Severus and Alex whispering with each other. "Bloody hell." He muttered.
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